MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 59 24.2 15.1 57 9.0 18.2 38 11 296.2 298.2 290.9 327.2 10.74 1 1000 170 22.1 13.6 59 8.4 16.7 39 13 295.2 297.0 289.9 323.6 9.85 2 950 613 17.6 12.3 71 5.2 14.3 40 16 295.0 296.7 289.5 322.3 9.50 3 900 1072 14.3 2.6 45 11.7 8.1 50 19 296.3 297.2 285.8 311.3 5.11 4 850 1554 14.9 -4.3 26 19.2 5.8 21 13 301.8 302.4 285.9 311.8 3.26 5 800 2066 13.5 12.3 92 1.2 12.7 334 13 305.6 307.7 294.2 339.5 11.30 6 750 2608 10.6 7.1 79 3.4 8.5 321 9 308.0 309.6 292.7 333.9 8.49 7 700 3181 8.4 2.5 67 5.8 5.1 286 5 311.7 313.0 292.3 332.2 6.57 8 650 3789 4.7 -0.6 68 5.4 1.9 248 7 314.3 315.4 292.3 332.1 5.63 9 600 4438 1.2 -4.4 66 5.6 -1.6 259 6 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.4 4.61 10 550 5133 -3.0 -9.2 62 6.2 -5.7 264 7 320.5 321.2 292.2 331.9 3.46 11 500 5882 -7.1 -16.4 48 9.3 -10.5 255 12 324.4 324.8 292.2 331.6 2.13 12 450 6695 -11.8 -19.5 53 7.6 -14.3 250 21 328.4 328.7 293.0 334.7 1.82 13 400 7588 -17.1 -22.4 63 5.3 -18.7 240 29 332.8 333.1 293.9 338.4 1.58 14 350 8576 -23.4 -31.1 49 7.8 -24.9 245 38 337.3 337.4 294.4 340.3 0.81 15 300 9688 -31.0 -39.7 42 8.7 -32.2 246 45 341.7 341.7 295.1 343.2 0.41 16 250 10953 -41.3 -51.6 32 10.4 -41.9 244 49 344.7 344.8 295.6 345.3 0.13 17 200 12427 -52.4 -66.8 16 14.4 -52.7 252 51 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.02 18 150 14238 -63.2 -78.6 11 15.4 -63.4 261 34 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16681 -69.4 -85.3 8 15.8 -69.5 258 9 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.24 m Freezing level: 585.57 mb = 4638.35 m = 15217.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.60 mb = 4138.35 m = 13577.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.42 mb = 1190.34 m = 3905.26 ft T: 14.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 15.91 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.85 mb = 3505.50 m = 11500.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.13 C = 106.03 F Cap Strength: 7.63 C Lifted Index: 8.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.34 C Showalter Index: 14.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.05 C Cross Totals Index: 2.80 C K Index: 11.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 38.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9519.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.60 mb = 1410.08 m = 4626.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 334.5 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 4.5 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 3.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -51.5 tot: -47.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 23.78 m/s